france aPLUS
The same as what it is now
I believe it was france
Cardinal Richelieu of France in the 17th century.
france
During the sixteenth and seventeenth century France and Spain fought for control of Italy.
In the seventeenth century, France was declining in power. The Huguenots were persecuted and even driven away from the country.
No they didn't. Their hostility, backed by the the French Court led to persecution against the Huguenots and triggered the outbreak of wars of religion, which bathed France in blood during sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Implement royal policies locally
the main religion in Picardy is Roman Catholicism (as in France at large)
TIM MCHUGH has written: 'HOSPITAL POLITICS IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE: THE CROWN, URBAN ELITES AND THE POOR'
FAITH EVELYN BEASLEY has written: 'SALONS, HISTORY, AND THE CREATION OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE: MASTERING MEMORY'